144 Lieut. -Colonel Bbigg^ Translation of the 



" Memorandum, in the hand-writing of Hari Pant Furkia : 



" Anandivalli, 6th of October I767. 

 " The bankers of Poona having agreed to pay to Dada Sahib (Ragoba) 

 " the sum of twenty-five lacs of rupees, this amount is to be recovered by 

 " them out of the following payments due, viz. 



«' Holkar Rupees 9,25,000 



" Sindia 10,00,000 



" Bhosla 3,00,000 



" U'deypur Rana 2,00,000 



" Apaji Ganesa 3,00,000 



"BasalatJeng 2,50,000 



" Rupees 29,75,000 



" The above sums are to be allotted exclusively for repayment to the 

 " bankers." 



Affairs had thus been brought to a crisis which left Madhu Rao the 

 uncontrolled ruler of iiis dominions ; and though it reduced the power of 

 Ragoba, it left him with a princely income, and with a small principahty 

 apparently well suited to his station in the kingdom. Madhu Rao, however, 

 had all along foreseen that his uncle would not be satisfied with his condition ; 

 and we accordingly find him, in a very few months after, actively en- 

 gaging in political intrigues witli Bhosla, the Raja of Nagpore ; and the 

 hopes he obtained from that quarter induced him to break into open 

 insurrection. Besides fifteen thousand men raised for the occasion, Damaji, 

 the Gaikwar, lent him his aid ; and Gangadhau Yeswant, the ex- 

 minister of Holkar, was his principal coadjutor. Madhu Rao lost not a 

 moment in marching to oppose his uncle, wliose troops were defeated in a 

 battle fought under the fort of Dhurap, forty miles north of Nasuc. On 

 this occasion Ragoba, mounted on an elephant, was taken prisoner, and 

 brought, escorted by a party of horse, to the Peshwa. Tlie young 

 hero, instead of upbraiding him, or triumphing over his misfortunes, 

 brought his own elephant alongside that of his uncle, and courteously 

 handed him into his own seat, in which way the uncle and nephew rode 

 conversing together into camp, so tliat the spectators actually believed a 

 reconciliation had been effected. This was, however, impossible ; Madhu 

 Rao perceiving the necessity for limiting his uncle's power more eflfectualJy, 

 and took measures accordingly. 



